Andrey Nikolayevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Андре́ Никола́эвич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков, André Nikolájevich Rímskij-Kórsakov, October 17, 1878 – May 23, 1940) was a Russian musicologist and son of the great Russian nationalist composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Though growing up in a musical family he was encouraged in musical pursuits, playing cello in the family  string quartet, he did not pursue music as a career until late in his life.